Rug-beater.



G. L` LAMB.

RUG YBEIATEB.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.2e, Isn'.

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snol-ieu L. LAMB, or ivarraivnn, INDIANA.

BUG-BEATER.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Groen L. LAMB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nappanee, in the county of Elkhart and State of indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Rug-Beaters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable lothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to rug beaters, that is to devices for beating dust from rugs and carpets, and has particular relation to those of the type in which the beater is held in position by the foot and actuated by the rand of the operator to deliver' a succession of blows upon a rugor carpet, in order to drive out the dust and filth. Usually in cleaning a rug or carpet, it is taken out of doors, spread upon the grass and beaten Sometimes it is hung upon a line and beaten, sometimes it is held at the ends and shaken. In all of these the fabric is apt to be injured or the work un- .evenly and improperly done. ln using a device of the character of mine the fabric is spread upon the grass, fully supported everywhere, and is then subjected to a succession of rapid smart blows just vigorous enough to drive out the dust without hurting the fabric. The device is moved over the carpet as needs be, and the dust removed without the excessive fatigue induced in the operators back by the ordinary hand-held beaters, when the carpet is dat and without the strain upon the carpet which it gets when hung over a line, vthough my device may, in some circumstances be used to beat carpets where so hung. Devices like mine may also be used to clean carpetsand rugs in their places of use, z'. c. on the floor, though this vwill usually be found objectionable as is obvious.

One of the features, among others, of my present invention is the construction of the beater crank-shaft and crank, integral, all of a suitable piece of bent and twisted wire, which cannot get out of order or be injured. Another feature is the provision of a structure in which the actuating handle may be readily detached. My way of securing the foot piece or stirrup piece is another.

Other features of novelty will be apparent in the description..

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my de- Specfication of Letters Patent. Pgmhntdl Ayn', 23 191%,

Application led. November 26, 1917. Serial No. 203,935. i

vice complete in full lines, and in dotted l l `made of a piece of wire looped at 2 and crossed at 3. rlhe right-hand leg, Fig. 1, is bent at substantial right angles to form a crank shaft ll, which crank shaft meets the other leg at 5, is twisted together with it, the two being bent at 6 to form a crank and continued in the parallel arms 7 which form spring supports for the pintles 8 formed by bending said arms at right angles. lllhese engage suitable sockets 9 in the ferrule 10 of an actuating handle 11. rlhe crank l is held in a groove, 12, formed in the underside or bottom of base member 13, formed of hard wood 'or other suitable substance, by means of staples 14. VUpon the two ends of the crank shaft, as Vclose to the base piece as practicable, l pivotally mount a foldingfoot-holding piece or stirrup 15. This stirrup `so called, while preferably pivoted for folding, may be rigid with the foot piece. rlhe upper part of the base piece is flat and the lower part or underside flat and smooth so that the operator, with her foot thrust through the stirrup, may readily hold the base piece in position and move the device about as she wishes. Ready movement may be still further facilitated if desired by rollers, 16, a pair being shown iu Fig. 3 mounted upon the crank shaft.

lt will be seen that l have produced a simple, strong and durable rug beater with durable and efficient holding and actuating means. rlhe beater' proper is made of stiff wire, say No. 6 gage, and the handle and foot block or base piece of maple or other suitable wood or other material. The crank being made of the twisted wire is strong and rigid just where strength and rigidity are needed, while the long flexible beater is integral therewith and receives without play or lost motion all the impulse given to the crank by the reciprocated handle and may be made to whip or beat a fabric with accurately gaged force and direction. The spring arms 7 permit the ready detachment of the handle 11, the loop, 15, may be folded down and the whole device knocked down and made to occupy avery small space. `It will be noted that my beater l is mountedv on the twisted wire crank-shaft .obliquetothe crank. This mounting"insures an inclined position of the beater when the crank-isiv horizontal and thus effects quick approach of the beaterI tov the work. Atthe same` time the device may be almost instantly set up ready for use, without'the use of tools,

by Letters Patent of the United States is:-

" ll. In al rug beater, in combination, a groove'd base'member, ya rock-shaft journaled in said groove, a beater member integral with said rock-'shaft on one side of said base member, v'a'.'crank also integral withsaid rockshaft onthe other'side of said base member, said beater,` rock shaft and crank being' made with" a 'single' piece of wire,rand a handle pivotally Ysecured -to saidV crank whereby f the crank maybe oscillated, the integralV shaft turned, and l the 'integral beater 4oscillated whilethe device is heldin position bythe foot 'ofthe operator.

In fa rug beateigin combination, apbase member, beater member, Arock-shaft and crankfinemberfall made ofa singlepiece of wire twisted.l at one place,,the crank member being: formedin the twisted part, said rock shaftjournaled in 'said'base' member, and a reciprro'cnable handle tof which said Vcrank member. isadapted to be attached.

' 3. Injaj rugv beater, in combination, aY base member, a-wire beater member, a cra-nk shaft made ofl one strand 'of the `wire of said beaterm'ember bent therefrom at one side of saidv basemember and. pivoted on the underside of said base member, a. crank formedy of a continuationY of said strand andanother strand; ofy said;y beater, brought to the other Vsideiof saidjbase .membertwisted with the ,lirstenamedstrand' and bent tov form: a crank, and a.reciprocable-handleiadapted to be engagedfby said crank to actuate saidfbeater. 4. In,.a.'rugy beater, in combination, a base .member benttherefrom at one side of said baseVA member and pivoted on the underside lof said base member, a crank formed of a continuation of said strand and another .strand-.of said beater, brought to the other side of said base member twisted with the first-named strand and bent to form a crank, the continuation of said strands after the crank being straight parallel and bent at the ends to form spring pintles for engaging sockets in a handle, and a soeketed handle. with whichv said pintles may engage.

5. In a rug beater, in combination, a vgrooved base member, a beater member,` a crank shaft upon which said beater member is mountedv to be oscillated, said shaft pivoted tothe underside of saifilrgrooved base memberin'the groovethereof, a foot holding loop pivoted upon said shaft with the sides of said base member, a crank secured to said shaft and means adapted to be secured to the crank for oscillating the shaftand Vactuating the beater.

6. In a rug beater, in combination, a beater member, :a base member, aY shaft for actuating a beater Amember pivotedtothe under Side of saidbase member and a'footholding loppivoted `upon said shaf-t'gfor folding, f

the shaft. and the beater being of.one integral piece ofzwire.MA

7. In a' rug beater, a beating device, a crank shaft, and a crank, all made ofla single pieceiof wire, means to which? the crank shaft: is secured for holdingthe. device,l the two Vends of said Awire'forming lthe crank, and meansv attachab'lexto said extended ends for actuatingthe beater.

S. In afrug beater,1a. beating device, made of a wire looped and crossed,'aAA leg ofY one of the crossed wires `beingfbent-` over after the 'crossing to meet the other leg, both legs being. then continued in substantially the bent direction, ytwisted together, 'and bent iii-the ltwist to foim a crank,l tlie endsof the wires after the twist being continued parallel and then benty inwardjtoward eachotherto form pmtles 'means forA supporting' said device,

' and means whereby it may lbe" actuated.

In testimony whereof I aiiiii my signature.

GEORGE L. ILAIVIB.

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